Posted on February, 27 2025

WWF’s global review of the past year to find out how, despite the exceptionally serious global crises of nature loss and climate change, 2024 saw significant strides forward in many of the 100+ countries where we are active. 

WWF International Director General Kirsten Schuijt highlighted the forthcoming launch of Roadmap 2030, which will bring the WWF’s global network together around tackling the most urgent global conservation challenges. 

She explained how addressing these challenges will require WWF not only to refocus some of what we do but also to change the way we do things, including continuing our paradigm shift toward inclusive conservation. This means placing people at the heart of our work, ensuring they are central to conservation decisions that impact their lives.

WWF International President Dr Adil Najam discussed the importance of legal rights and judgements to ensure governments are held to account for their commitments on climate change and nature loss. 

Here are just a few examples of the progress we made in 2024:

• Building strong partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities – since 2020, for example, our Coastal Communities Initiative has supported their leadership in coastal conservation across 29 countries.
• Working with partners to support the 49 countries (plus the EU) committed to the Freshwater Challenge – a global initiative to restore 300,000km of rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands.
• Helping 16 countries in North Africa to implement the UN Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the global blueprint for protecting and restoring nature.
• Working in partnership to support vulnerable communities and ecosystems in 20 countries through nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
• Supporting cities to develop climate action plans through our One Planet City Challenge, with more than 150 cities now aligning targets with keeping global warming below 1.5°C.